Spring snow, high winds wallop Alberta, as Edmonton remains under blowing snow warning

It’s a scene of springtime winter chaos on the road south of Alberta’s oilsands hub city.

Mounties say a stretch of Highway 63, the main artery south of Fort McMurray, remains impassable due to high winds and blowing snow. 

Police have been escorting multiple tow trucks along the highway to reach stranded vehicles.

Environment and Climate Change Canada has also issued a snowfall and blowing snow advisory for Edmonton-St. Albert-Sherwood Park regions. Accumulations of two to five centimetres are expected Friday with some parts getting even higher amounts.

Drivers are asked to exercise caution due to poor visibility and gusty winds and check weather alerts regularly.

Many parts of the Prairies from Alberta and northern Saskatchewan through to northern Manitoba are also getting walloped by the storm. Calgary is under a wind advisory.

Police say no one was seriously hurt.

— With files from The Canadian Press